Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment

The world is experiencing high rates of urbanisation and it has slowly become an alarming social process, especially in developing countries. This has demanded an urgent investigation on human thermal comfort, especially in tropical climates. In this study, a surrogate human sensor (SHS) was devel...

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Main Authors:	Yee, Yong Lee, Mohd Fadhil, Md Din, Zainura, Zainon Noor, Iwao, Kenzo, Shazwin, Mat Taib, Singh, Lakhveer, Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid, Anting, Nickholas, Eeydzah, Aminudin
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Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 2018
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	ump-233682019-01-02T06:33:51Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23368/ Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment Yee, Yong Lee Mohd Fadhil, Md Din Zainura, Zainon Noor Iwao, Kenzo Shazwin, Mat Taib Singh, Lakhveer Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid Anting, Nickholas Eeydzah, Aminudin TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The world is experiencing high rates of urbanisation and it has slowly become an alarming social process, especially in developing countries. This has demanded an urgent investigation on human thermal comfort, especially in tropical climates. In this study, a surrogate human sensor (SHS) was developed to establish a linkage between human skin surface and SHS with the surrounding environments. Black plastic corrugated cardboard was used in the SHS fabrication as its thermal conductivity was close to the thermal conductivity and emissivity of the human epidermal skin layer. The SHS was designed to correlate with human skin surface temperature and a regression model was developed. The regression equation was obtained for the human skin temperature prediction (Th) by using SHS. Statistical analysis of the ANOVA (F = 13,700; ρ < 0.05) was significantly tested to show its reliability. The predicted and measured human skin temperature was compared and the results revealed that both temperature variations was found in range ± 0.5 °C in temperature differences. The advantages of SHS as the sensor for the impact of thermal behaviour can be identified by observing the temperature difference as it can directly reflects the influences from the surrounding outdoor environment. Although it is proven valid statistically, however, SHS is only relevant as an initial indicator to investigate the impacts of thermal behaviour and discomfort level. It can further used to measure human thermal comfort by correlating surrounding environment condition with comfort sensation through SHS regression model Elsevier Ltd 2018-01-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23368/7/Surrogate%20human%20sensor%20for%20human%20skin%20surface%20temperature%20measurement.pdf Yee, Yong Lee and Mohd Fadhil, Md Din and Zainura, Zainon Noor and Iwao, Kenzo and Shazwin, Mat Taib and Singh, Lakhveer and Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid and Anting, Nickholas and Eeydzah, Aminudin (2018) Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment. Measurement, 118. pp. 61-72. ISSN 0263-2241 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2018.01.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2018.01.010
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spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Yee, Yong Lee Mohd Fadhil, Md Din Zainura, Zainon Noor Iwao, Kenzo Shazwin, Mat Taib Singh, Lakhveer Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid Anting, Nickholas Eeydzah, Aminudin Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
description	The world is experiencing high rates of urbanisation and it has slowly become an alarming social process, especially in developing countries. This has demanded an urgent investigation on human thermal comfort, especially in tropical climates. In this study, a surrogate human sensor (SHS) was developed to establish a linkage between human skin surface and SHS with the surrounding environments. Black plastic corrugated cardboard was used in the SHS fabrication as its thermal conductivity was close to the thermal conductivity and emissivity of the human epidermal skin layer. The SHS was designed to correlate with human skin surface temperature and a regression model was developed. The regression equation was obtained for the human skin temperature prediction (Th) by using SHS. Statistical analysis of the ANOVA (F = 13,700; ρ < 0.05) was significantly tested to show its reliability. The predicted and measured human skin temperature was compared and the results revealed that both temperature variations was found in range ± 0.5 °C in temperature differences. The advantages of SHS as the sensor for the impact of thermal behaviour can be identified by observing the temperature difference as it can directly reflects the influences from the surrounding outdoor environment. Although it is proven valid statistically, however, SHS is only relevant as an initial indicator to investigate the impacts of thermal behaviour and discomfort level. It can further used to measure human thermal comfort by correlating surrounding environment condition with comfort sensation through SHS regression model
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author	Yee, Yong Lee Mohd Fadhil, Md Din Zainura, Zainon Noor Iwao, Kenzo Shazwin, Mat Taib Singh, Lakhveer Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid Anting, Nickholas Eeydzah, Aminudin
author_facet	Yee, Yong Lee Mohd Fadhil, Md Din Zainura, Zainon Noor Iwao, Kenzo Shazwin, Mat Taib Singh, Lakhveer Nur Hafizah, Abd Khalid Anting, Nickholas Eeydzah, Aminudin
author_sort	Yee, Yong Lee
title	Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
title_short	Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
title_full	Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
title_fullStr	Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
title_full_unstemmed	Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
title_sort	surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment
publisher	Elsevier Ltd
publishDate	2018
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Surrogate human sensor for human skin surface temperature measurement in evaluating the impacts of thermal behaviour at outdoor environment

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